June 10, 2021 at 11 a.m.
Linda Brasel has very generously offered to host us at her home in Aberdeen, Maryland. She has a large outdoor deck area where people may socially distance while enjoying the company of other Guild members. Should the weather be unfriendly, there is a large ground floor “Crab Room” to allow for plenty of fresh air circulation.
Guild members are asked to bring your own boxed lunch and table service.
If you have a camp/beach chair to bring, that would be helpful. If you feel comfortable carpooling.
We will also have the opportunity for you to show any works you have made recently. This includes members of the Tote Bag group, who should bring their handiwork to show off!
Start setting aside your yarn stash, fiber arts books and magazines, weaving tools, and dye plants that you would like to donate to Guild for our Annual Auction. Always a fun part of the June Picnic!
There will be a business meeting, elections will be held and plans for the coming program year will be discussed as well.
Putting the Pizzazz! into your Stripes
Sally Orgren has been an active member of the weaving community since before I met her in 2004 at Convergence in Denver. My experience is that she is continually trying new techniques and materials to see what happens — and it’s usually a pretty good outcome. I have found her to be energetic and willing to share her tips and knowledge of the craft — even following up to unanswered questions. (Yes, she did that for me.)
Sally will be presenting a talk at our April meeting about stripes – “Putting the Pizzazz! into your Stripes”. This virtual, interactive program will discuss various ways to enliven and energize stripes in your warp patterns by using examples of handwoven samples. Among the topics will be planning and envisioning your stripe patterns (especially if you don’t have access to weaving software) and how-to tips for winding on a multicolored warp.
Participants will be invited to share photos or projects with stripe patterns they find inspiring and the group will analyze how these sequences might be created and if they are more or less successful, attractive, or produce surprising results.
The Devil’s in the Details
March Zoom Program
March 11 @ 10:00 a.m.
This month’s program will be presented by Robyn Spady, who is well known to us because she has previously presented a workshop to our guild and many of us have taken her workshops at MAFA Conferences over the years.
The title of her program is “The Devil’s in the Details.” Robyn will present “a variety of fiber techniques for adding a little detail to create exceptional results. Sometimes adding the most understated detail or accent can make the difference between something ordinary and something extraordinary.”
When planning a project, we spend a lot of time and effort picking out that special yarn and weave structure. Aren’t we always looking for a way to make our project unique? With that in mind, I am sure that we are all looking forward to hearing Robyn’s ideas.
“Robyn was introduced to handweaving as a baby with her handwoven baby blanket woven by her great-grandmother. Inspired by her blankie, she learned to weave at a young age and has been weaving for over 50 years. She completed HGA’s Certificate of Excellence in Handweaving (COE-W) in 2004 with the specialized study, Loom-controlled Stitched Double Cloth. Robyn is fascinated by the infinite possibilities of crossing threads and loves coming up with new ideas to create fabric and transform it into something new and exciting. She is committed to turning the weaving world on to double-faced fabrics, four-shaft weaves, uncommon and advanced weave structures, and passementerie techniques. She is the founder and editor of Heddlecraft® magazine.”
The Program Committee